How to Boost Dopamine Naturally | Dr. Daniel Amen
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- If you are struggling with addiction or other problems related to dopamine, there are a number of supplements that can help to boost dopamine levels and improve your mood and focus. Some of these supplements include ashwagandha, rhodiola, and panax ginseng. These supplements can help to increase dopamine levels in the brain, which can help to reduce cravings and improve impulse control.
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Intense exercise is a great way to reset your dopamine in my experience.
With cold shower and good sleep
No it‘s not. It‘s like drugs. They don‘t call it „runner‘s HIGH“ for no reason.
no its nothing like drugs. heres the difference, it requires something from YOU to get that good feeling. Drugs can provide pleasure like the flick of a switch. people dont train hard because theyre bitches and it takes effort. so they take drugs because its EASY@@Chrisko1492
@@Chrisko1492please stay off the internet
@@Chrisko1492that’s a good thing… you want dopamine from exercise and not drugs
• N-Acetylcystein (or NAC for short) for reducing cravings of dopamine
•L-Tyrosine (building block for dopamine)
•L-Theanine
•Curcumins
•EPA omega 3 fatty acids
Thanks bruh
Thank you
Thank you!
@superdepressed5109 Thank you so much. I happen to have several of those in my cupboard. I’ll start taking them again. I have withdrawal when I reduce my phone use. This week it’s down 64%. 😊
Your name reminds me that I’ve struggled with depression since early teens. I’m now 74. One thing that’s currently helping me shift and anchor into a higher level of the nervous system is the work of Deb Dana. (Poly vagal theory) By using her key words curious and creative, I slip out of depression and into a magical world of creative problem solving. But it’s taken me a while to learn that.
Soo... eat more fish oil?
Computers are terribly addicting.
Yeah, it’s terrible.
It’s truly altered the world, and arguably ruined many things.
I try to do an hour in nature a day w the phone left at home.
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.sporessss I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Is he on instagram?
Yes he is. dr.sporessss
Can Dr. sporessss send to me in UK?
Here’s what I caught:
Nac
L-tyrosine
L-theonine
Curcumins
Omega 3 fatty acids
Thank you 😊
The omega 3 oil should be high in EPA, which is a little hard to find. There is one called Mood Omega 3 by Country Life which has 1000 EPA in it.
and the first one ACETYLCYSTEINE.
@@UnHookLineAndRise which is NAC
"L-theanine"
One that he doesn't mention that is also helpful is L-glutamine.
Eat red meat, exercise, sleep well.
Nothing against any of this but i have tried every single one of those things. DHA, NAC, circumin, SSRI, l-tyrosine, triptophan, 5-HTP and even mucina pruriens so far nothing has worked for me to find joy in life and conversations. Occassianly ill find pleasure in activities but its rare. Maybe theres more to it than just seratonin and dopamine. Ill take any advice i can get.
@dimaknopf, I had a similar experience with almost everything on your list. When I finally discovered that I had both SNPs for the MTHFR genes, I found what worked for me. Taking methylated folate and methyl B12 helped and along with changing my diet to include more red meat, eggs and dairy. PLEASE do you research on this before you change your routine. If you are still taking SSRIs then you absolutely need to discuss with a doctor.
Bottom line, for my SNPs my body had great difficulty making seratonin and dopamine because I was using the wrong (for me) form of B vitamins. Methylated B vitamins skipped the poorly functioning portion of the process and allowed my body to make amounts that I needed. MTHFR SNPs are very common in people with European heritage. I hope this helps. As I said, please do you own research because starting too quickly can be extremely difficult as your neurotransmitters get out of balance.
@@thisorthat7626 thank you! I’m in the same boat and will try your suggestions :)
@thisorthat7626 How did you find out your gene types?
@@peytonguy1782 I had a DNA test done years ago and looked up the SNP in the database I had downloaded.
@@thisorthat7626what does that mean “SNP”?
I've been singing the praises of nac for a very long time. I even got my trauma therapist to start taking it. I had liver problems from Tylenol in my pain medication so we had to switch it and I wanted to work to getting it healed. My liver is great now and I've lost so much weight. I didn't know that it did anything more than clear the liver but when I started looking into it, it explain my huge weight loss and decreased cravings.
How much tylenol and how long did you take it ?
@@BRIANDER100 I was taking hydrocodone several months before the liver issue started showing up on lab results. So they switched me to oxycodone which contains no acetaminophen.
Started taking the NOW brand NAC in October of last year. My liver values started improving almost immediately and now, as of my last test in June, it's perfectly fine.
Wow that gives me more hope. I was just going to take it for oxidative stress but if it helps your liver and weight loss what a huge bonus.
@@suedoenim216 it also improves insulin resistance and is a precursor to glutathione. It appears that it might be better than taking glutathione.
I started using this when I saw a functional medicine MD in 2001. Because of the overgrowth of yeast in the gut flora, she put me on a strong antifungal and I had to take NAC along with ALA to keep my liver healthy. It worked. I had no liver damage. So when I did have some liver issues last year, I immediately went back to taking this supplement. I couldn't understand why I was dropping weight so quickly and that my appetite had decreased. But then one day TH-cam started recommending videos about it NAC. Quite amazing and I think everyone should probably take it.
What dosage?
After abusing narcotics or alcohol, the only way to come back to baseline levels of dopamine is TIME. Exercise helps but only to an extent. Abstinence from drugs and alcohol is the only true way to repair your brains 🧠 neurotransmitters/receptors.
-Retired Pharmacist and Neurobiology professor at NYU
Im 5 months sober almost and I still struggle hard
Not when you have ADHD. They will never be on a normal level. Thats the whole point. But we can switch street drugs to conserta
NAC is good for liver and lungs. It’s best to take with glycine for effectiveness.
How excatly take it?
Why glycine?
Because with glycine it rainse the production of glutation in our body
I've watched a few of your interviews but haven't heard you talk about lead poisoning. I recently did a brief chelation treatment and had an overwhelming change in my body's function and I suspect my brain will follow over time. I have collected enough information to construct a theory on why people who were exposed decades ago may continue to have acute symptoms despite having free lead blood counts well within "legal" limits. If you aren't accounting for the influence of lead in health you are potentially missing a major issue, given the percentages of people who tested as having unsafe levels of lead in them over the course of the last century and the ubiquity of residual lead pollution in the environment.
How did you do it?
And I almost forgot about this thanks for reminding
@@jackiesicilian5720 Minimal dosing of EDTA. It's the only OTC treatment, but it's also toxic if you go too fast which is why doctors don't want to use it because they only have one protocol in their heads. Just take one pill, once every few days, as long as necessary and supplement on the off days with essential minerals like magnesium, zinc and other trace minerals.
One thing that is more important than all this combined is to quit any addictions one could have. Its the #1 thing how to make your brain more sensitive to dopamine.
Thank you Dr. Amen!!!!!!!!
Having someone who has ours backs is a huge dopamine emotional help for me 😊thank you!!!!!!!
Another huge help is spend8ng time with our Maker, God Almighty 🙌 in His Word and Spirit and pondering the freedom that His Son Jesus has given us!
@@teribartusek1125such nonsense!
@@teribartusek1125which God? Asking for a friend !!
I need to try some of these, I get this thing of feeling really depressed in the afternoons between 1pm to about 7pm.
me too, unexplained blues
Guys, it works. Really works, but it is not immediate. Omega3 have effects after 3 months daily use. L-Tirosine have immediate effect and change your frontal lobe for better over time. Good luck and God Bless.
Try quit coffee- caffeine, i was drinking 3 to 6 cups a day, the afternoon crash was very depressing, anxious and i just had to stop, people don't even realise that they are addicted to caffeine and the side effects caffeine has on your brain and body .
How do we get that? In pill forms or sth else ?
@@ayakizleriTRyou can get both as supplement pills in the drugstore or a pharmacy
my serotonin boost is looking at nature in the splendid sunrise light, consciously. a dose of a few minutes fills me with serotonin and hope and joy!
Thank you!😄
Same! We're the original solar panel. 👍
Maybe that's my problem, need more sunlight. I have this vicious cycle where I avoid going outside because I don't trust people. I need to leave the city I think I miss being able to just go outside in nature and be free. City's are like giant jail cells clustered with judgemental people I hate it.
@dimaknopf I’m kind of like you with the trust issues with people in general. I live in the opposite type of environment though, literally surrounded by just woods. Basically I’m commenting to let you know that even though I haven’t experienced living in a city, I agree with your thinking and that it’s probably correct for people like us, that you would enjoy living in more of a natural setting instead- it really works well for me living in this type of area. Just wanted to give your curious conscious some confirmation
My issue starts when there is no sunshine.
Serotonin is not dopamine.
They're not interchangeable at all
starts with 'am' and ends with 'phetamines'
Dopamine is part of the picture. But we are years of research away from truly understanding mental illness. Still a lot of guesswork at this point.
Exercise ( I was an athlete ) did nothing to help me. Maybe you do not have clinical depression. And most depressed people can barely get out of bed and function at all.
Most of those supplements don’t typically cross the blood brain barrier though or am I missing something?
Any idea which supplements cross the barrier? Thanks.
I feel all of these on my mental state so yes they probably do
@@jinguluNAC has fairly low bioavailability. L-theanine passes easily. And the amino acids can pass on an empty stomach.
But for amino acids, I think your body recognises when it has high enough levels, and if you’re low on them it passes through easier, hence why caffeine/smokers/drinkers benefit more from them: they’re taking “medications” that can cause deficiencies mid way through the day
Been taking all of these for months with no results. I'd be curious to know what doses you recommend.
I think Dr Amen is Cool, but I think he makes a Mistake by Labelling negative thoughts as Ants. Because he puts the Label of Automatic Negative Thoughts - they will tend to come and behave more Automatic than if he didn't label them as Automatic. Thoughts tend to Behave the way We Label them and Labelling them as Ants will just give them a more automatic and repetitive nature. Ants is not a good label. A Better label is just negative thoughts.
Add 5-HTP to that list…helps with dopamine (Dr. Trudy Scott)
Did he say n acetylcysteine? Hard time making out what he said. And what's a good dosage?
Yes. That is what he said. Bottle instructions say how much to take.
It's NAC if you decide to order on line
What food should we eat to naturaly consume those things?
Meat, eggs, fish and seafoods, dairy!
@@ianstuart5660 Absolutely eliminate all things related to beef and cow dairy, it's the worst thing you can do for your body! Seafoods aren't any good either so keep them to a minimum. Fish should have fins and scales, otherwise they are not healthy to consume. Alternative to cow milk and cheeses made of cow dairy is anything made of goat milk or you can also buy alternative plant-based milk cheeses (however stay away from anything containing soy or canola or safflower)
@@arminius301 I’m not sure if I really agree. Plant based foods are not made of the same profiles of nutrients and proteins as meat, fish, eggs. People who are compromised in the brain chemicals and neurological processes cannot afford to be denied of Whole foods that have been the staple of the diet since caveman. The modern alternative diet has no place here. Seafood should be as consumed as wild caught, yes. Meat -grass fed. And not everyone is Type A blood and do well on plant based diets. If your blood type is O & B, you need meat!
Sometimes I used dopa mucuna, it works almost instantaneous
Different things work differently for different people.
I'm glad to hear it worked for you.
I've tried it too, but it did nothing
Its a lifesaver for me, works instant!
Macuna is responsible for massive positive shifts In my daily mood and in my stress tolerance!
Does anyone in the comments know if this is good for someone with ADD or ADHD
Magnesium,Zinc nd Og3 works Great For adhd
@amenclinics you said NAC ?but take it daily have effects chelator of metals, but it will also chelate mineral elements and necessary traces, right? If this happens we do not know if it is good or harmful to take the supplement
Marijuana does NOT give u dopamine lol. A cigarette 🚬 does
Trade one drug for another is my take away, guess I will just stick to crack.
Pro ty kdo neumí anglicky, bohužel mínus🙄👎
Need help finding a “Dopamine Agonist” that doesn’t have the side effects like C/L. What else is out there to stimulate Dopamine - without the mania, constipation and nightmares?
Mucuna and B1 ( maybe not taking enough) don’t seem to be doing enough and the C/L causes other awful, debilitating ( nightmares, etc) side effects in my HWP.. But w/o the Dopamine Agonist, they aren’t as active and not wanting to do as much..
Anyone have experience w / Selegiline?
Doing Mucuna, L-Dopa, L- Theanine and B1- but not making a dent yet. Am I not giving right iteration or dosage?
Thanks in advance🙏🏽
None of this ever helped me. I have anhedonia caused mainly by medications.
what kind of medications?
What about sugar and its effects on dopamine?
Everyone knows that tell us something else!!
I am happy, the people around looks like they are not so they make me sad or purposedly provoke negative reactions.
By being alone I solved my happines problem without drugs or boosts of any kind.
I ise to eat sups once a day abd I have a cat not a dealer as a friend.
Friendship, sex, love and socializing are overated 1 to 1k, if you can't live alone there is no reasin why you are going to waste the life of others...
P.S.
would be nice to have tons of marihuana but my budget and law do not allow me :(
😂😂😂
Why is Tyrosine not working as well for me as DL-Phenylalanine?
Everybody's different.
Maybe that's not what you need...
Playing with, walking, and just being around, my cats and dogs keep my levels in balance.
ANIMALS OWN ME. I just adore their existence.
which is better Nac or l tyrosine?
Do the supplements help boost dopamine in those of us with Parkinson's?
It can, but possibly not to any appreciable degree. But still may be worth experimenting with. Mucuna purines is a natural source of l-dopa and is speculated to promote the health of dopaminergic neurons. The loss of these neurons is the cause of Parkinson’s symptoms. It’s speculated that oxidative stress and even high glucose/insulin resistance play a key role in the loss of the neurons. Diet can therefore make a big difference in symptoms and slowing or even stopping the disease from causing further damage. Supplements that upregulate brain growth factors may also help - one that immediately comes to mind is Palmitoylethanolamide. Red light therapy and Urolithin A may also prove useful. You may have to do lots of your own research but hopefully that helps.
Mucuna powder extract has helped support that in other people experiencing Parkinson's :)
Thank you for sharing this important topic.
Very informative many thanks
Are these below mentioned synthetic items natural way of getting dopamine? What is he smoking ? N-Acetylcystein (or NAC for short) for reducing cravings of dopamine
•L-Tyrosine (building block for dopamine)
•L-Theanine
•Curcumins
We know this. But still love to have a glass of wine. A gift from god....thabk you
@ChuckNorris-lf6vowine has many health benefits 🍷
I need to try N-Acetylcystein next
Dr. Amen, i am disabled in one arm following a TIA in july 2020....could i be worried if sometimes i am waking up in the middle of the night with the other arm disabled for few minutes? ty
Im no doctor, check out cubital tunnel
Which Supplements I can take to get off Ativan?
Something good dor Gaba.. ?
Its a big struggle
Thanks..
What test do they perform to measure if you have low dopamine?
Look into getting a brain scan.
I guess I’ll add l-tyrosine to those I’m already taking! Thanks, Dr. Amen.
And stop looking at your phone so much 😘🤪
Please make his office a warmer temperature. He seems so cold that his shoulders are collapsing into the center of his body, arms crossed, making him look like a much older frail man.
Can we take all this suggested medicine together because one of my friend is actully suffering really hard I want to help him.
Isnt acetylcestyn painkillers? Wont I become addicted to those if I start using them for dopamin?
That’s too vague to group the compositions. It will be easy to tell the brand names with these compositions. Please tell us names of the supplements that’s sold in the market.
You named off different things that help, but not WHAT foods provide them?
Sir , where to get these supplements from ?
You can find all of them at a health food store or online.
@@crh251 can u pls suggest exactly where ? I m in schaumburg, Chicago
Watch your blood pressure with these things.
This is the blog of Dr. Amendenijad? The guy from Tehran?
No good video.
Can you do a video on natural solutions?
Great suggestion! 🧠
What about SAM-e? Curious if Dr. Amen has any thoughts about it...
NAC is awesome but hard to find.
How to boost dopamine after antipsicotici treatment? :)
Have you compared any of the following Spect scans:
1) ADHD and Long COVID
2) ADHD at baseline and then with Long COVID
3) Repeat 1 above but with autism and Long COVID
4) Repeat 2 above but with ASD baseline and then with Long COVID
Have you ever stop watching the news?
@@DeejayRach0 I am a physician who is involved with treating some of these patients -
Not my experience w cannabis at all 🤷 I use what I need and it modulates my adhd symptoms. Experiment and find what is right for you!!
@ChuckNorris-lf6voyou're gaslighting
The reason why I started using substances is because I tried everything from exercise to diet and meditation because I still had bad anxiety and depression. Not everyone has the same brain so it’s not really constructive to tell someone to take supplements. I’ve been that guy who suffered from imposter syndrome and was deeply unhappy but told everyone to stop drinking and using drugs because I was also unhappy
Did you try L tyrosine and Omega 3?
@@suzanneolivar1yes every day
. Along with many other things
If you tried everything but supplements, shouldn't you give supplements a try?
Did you two actually read the comment? They were saying how they WEREN'T finding it constructive to be told to take supplements, and what did both of you do? You literally just suggested supplements.
yea u 'tried' wrong .
I hope to never be as happy as you sir *lights joint 😌
where is the naturally...
In US there no such word as naturally
Would this help ADHD?
I was wondering how an expectorant is able to be a substitute for dopamin regarding (chemical) addictions🧐, but then I thought why it should not have different effects or features. Googling it left me surprised that it is also used as treatment for depression.... will continue my research - thanks for starting it ❤
Because it increases glutathione which reduces ROS. ROS cause inflammation and cause depression
@@whitepouch0904 R(eactive) O(xygene) S(pecies)?
What kind of depression? Like avolition or abjectness?
What kind of expectorant are talking about?
@@whitepouch0904what is ROS?
Joanna Montecleiff
This video lowered my dopamine so I made me a strong Scotch and water.
Thank you so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What about Acetyl- L- Carnitine?
Does this guy have any advice on fixing derealization?
im in the dissociation club at times aswell
@1Strawbz1 you fight or flight and neither is a option you tune out.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Can you provide various foods that increase dopamine?
Lots of protein from animal foods, Red meat being the best.
aerobic exercise.
Have you seen the effects of micro dosing syllabus to a patient suffering with type 4 add? I felt like I aligned with that one, and when I started micro dosing, it completely changed my life in such a positive way. I'm just curious if you've done any studies yet?
I contacted his office, for desperate help [with Hashimotos effecting my brain and i rarely sleep and terrible frightening symptoms] not having spare $. If you have no money/out of state insurance or just medicare for the disabled, this guy's office, is totally uninterested in helping.
Reply
He is in private practice and is not covered by insurance. I took my brain injured husband to his NYC office in 2016 ,and it cost $4k.
How is he now? I pray he is well!@@cindyweinstock4868
It's always the same.
I'm in the uk.
I've been Chronically ill for 30 years, and disabled with Chronic Illnesses and Severe Chronic Pain for 25 years.
The NHS hasn't helped me at all, and I can't afford private treatment, so I just watch my life wasting away, year after year, all the while, getting worse and worse.
I am sorry and i am right there with you..i cant believe in the USA, they let citizens dir who have bad insurance and take total care of the border crossers, of unknown origins.@@Mortthemoose
semen retention+intermittent fasting will help alots
Great video
❤
You have good information and I wish you didn’t refer to young and inexperienced people as “dumb.”
We all tend to be idealistic when young.
Thank you all ❤
Best boost is positive attitude, without that nothing will improve
The elephant in the room.
The fact that so many people are struggling mentally in today's world is proof that they are human.
I just found you here on TH-cam but I feel like I know you. When were you involved with Rick Warren and Saddleback Church? Just curious.
I watched you on someone else's video, I got chills as you spoke and learned a lot. Thank you.
Good to know
What a great video 😁💚✌🏼
Thank You!💌
💓💓💓🌏🌍🌎
I am more into natural remedies than artificial drugs
Then music, nature, aromatherapy or whatever brings you joy.
curcumin has been shown to make long time users depressive
Thank you.
Amen 🙏
Thank you
All due respect dr...cannabis changed my life... I am 55 and look 40.. my energy level is fantastic while I watch my peers struggling on your medications. cheers Why are most of your patients sick?
He's a psychiatrist, so a lot of his patients live with mental illnesses that aren't going to be magically fixed. They need to be treated long term or for life. Also I doubt your peers are all treated by him personally. He seem to be much better at giving information to treat deficiencies that make mental illness symptoms worse and then adding in a medication if nessary to provide the highest functionality for the person possible. Many doctors don't do that and will just medicate someone into oblivion.
how often and how do you use cannabis - smoking or edibles ?
smoking for 35 years flower only. 1.3 grams per day.. in a one hitter... no Dr. visits in that time period..@@BRIANDER100
sick ppl go to doctors . That was literally the dumbest thing I ever read
What about porn and dopamine?
Stop watching porn, it’s destroying your dopamine brain!
Porn is just another thing to be addicted too. It can mess up your life just as easily as drugs can. Pornography desensitizes men in a lot of ways. It sets them up for failure in normal romantic relationships because most men who are addicted are always comparing the porn to their relationships and the women you are dating or married too will eventually lose every single time unless you give the pornography completely up.
If your talking about
stimulus there other things forms of exercise high intensity short duration . If your talking about orgasm then yes in the manner of make maintence . Consult your doctor ?
I think the first step to improve ourselves should be a dopamine detox
what about taking delta 9's gummies ?
Lol. No.
why not ? @@jcbanbury
He just said that kinda stuff wears out your receptors 😮💨
I love Dr Amen ❤ his wife is distasteful tho
Why does his head look photoshopped onto a womans body? 😂